Mother laid to rest in Amory

She was returning with her son from Jackson when they were involved in a wreck.

Posted: Fri Feb 23 21:59:07 PST 2018

Updated: Fri Feb 23 21:59:07 PST 2018

Posted By: Craig Ford

Speech to Text for Mother laid to rest in Amory

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"earlier today many people were lined up here "to lose her like this is just extremely hard." cars lined up as several came out to pay their respects to a mother, daughter and friend erica walls. walls is the mother of senior basketball player tahj crump.. "he feels like it's his fault it's tough watching him have to go through that." coach norwood says the team... has had an emotional time as well. "a lot of the players have taken this tragedy really tough that say hey coach i cried all day." erica's funeral was held in st james methodist church.. a church she grew up in.. and raised both taj and her other son jordan. many members of the church.. and friends of erica are still shocked by her passing. "the emotions.. just questioning really.. why." her family and friends describe her as loving.. caring.. one who always strive to make everyone comfortable and happy. especially as a booster parent.. for her son's basketball team. "just always there for whatever we needed. whatever to make us comfortable.. she was just a sweet lady." "and family says she was very family oriented.. she was not only loved by her two boys but the tupelo and amory community. reporting from amory sw wtva 9